Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller Results: What We Learned About Miller

Jim Miller's steep drop from upper-echelon UFC contender to barely a top-10 lightweight has been shockingly fast and unexpected.

At UFC on Fox 3, the New Jersey native capped off a 1-2 stint with a second-round submission loss to Nate Diaz.

"Nate controlled the fight from bell to bell," Miller said at the post-fight press conference. "He controlled the momentum and never let me get any significant shots in there. He fought a beautiful fight and had my number."

Miller, who was finished for the first time in his career, was riding a seven-fight win streak around this time last year, but his title hopes were ruined by a decision loss to current UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.

He later rebounded with a first-round submission victory over Melvin Guillard.

With the loss to Diaz, Miller finds himself at a crossroads in his career. He'll either have to make the necessary adjustments to improve his overall game and get over the hump, or he could contemplate dropping to the featherweight division.

Wrestling Deficiencies

When a fighter is called a world-class grappler, people tend to forget that there are various levels of grappling.

Miller is a high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artist, and naturally, people assumed his wrestling was up to par with his submission skills.

While Miller is a good wrestler, he pales in comparison to the upper-echelon wrestlers of the lightweight division. Outside of Diaz, Miller's only losses have come to world class wrestlers in Henderson, Edgar and Maynard.